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I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November… — Pierre Salinger
Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of… — Felix de Weldon
Whether you wish to admit it or not, when you approve, morally, of the bombing of foreign targets by the U.S. military, you are approving… — Timothy McVeigh
I understand what they felt in Oklahoma City. I have no sympathy for them. — Timothy McVeigh
The city of London, within the walls, occupies a space of only 370 acres, and is but the hundred and fortieth part of the extent… — Henry Mayhew
Enclosed within his artificial creation, man finds that there is “no exit”; that he cannot pierce the shell of technology again to find the ancient… — Jacques Ellul
To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us,… — Reinaldo Arenas
Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and women made up… — Eleanor Smeal
Movement was the essence of Manhattan. It had always been so, and now its sense of flow, energy, openness, elasticity as Charles Dickens had called… — Jan Morris
You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing on a traffic island in the middle of a busy intersection… — Bill Bryson
The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center. — William H. Whyte
If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be - community-building places, attractive for all people - then… — Allan Jacobs
No great city has ever been known for its abundant supply of parking. — Allan Jacobs
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money, — Greg Oden
This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy… — Radha Mitchell
The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there… — Protagoras
From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness. — Robert A. Heinlein
No sound system. No band. No guitar. No entertainment. No cushioned chairs. No heating or air-con. Nothing but the people of God and the word… — David Platt
They have no allegiance to Atlantic City whatsoever, other than nostalgia, and that doesn't pay the bills, ... The Miss America pageant has to do… — Unknown Author
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates
The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There are apartments in the soul which have a glorious outlook; from whose windows you can see across the river of death, and into the… — Henry Ward Beecher
San Francisco is the only city in America where marijuana is legal but plastic bags are not. — Conan O'Brien
You have city centre pubs where men go to meet girls, not realising that all girls in city centre pubs have thighs like tug boats… — Jeremy Clarkson

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